Jan 30, 2022
11 min
Full-HD

Sepidar (2022)

This piece is inspired by the memoirs of Sepideh Gholian. A prisoner of conscience at 26 years old in Bushehr prison, Iran.

Category

History

Country

Canada

Companies

Red Pigeon Productions L'association des femmes iraniennes de Montréal

Homa Iran

Main Character

Taherhe Naderi

Mona Jafari

Shaghayegh Rezaei

Mina Sadeghi

Nimâ Machouf

Negar Bezestani

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